Friday, September 30, 2016

"Use It" by Deadeye Dick

There's a sure way to be a one-hit wonder. Write a novelty song for a Jim Carrey movie. That is the fate that befell a very talented 90s band called Deadeye Dick. The New Orleans band took their name from the famous novel by Kurt Vonnegut and scored a minor hit with their song, "New Age Girl", which reached #27 in 1994. The song achieved this success in part because it was included on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack.

The band released two albums, but surprisingly neither charted. They were just as good, if not better, than most 90s rock, featuring some very good singing and lots of fun harmonies. The band broke up after their 1995 album "Whirl", but a rarities record was issued in 2015 called "The Vault". A hidden gem called "Use It" lives there.

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